The Middle East situation has remained very tense due to a standoff between the United States and Iran. Under the circumstances, the need for dispatching...
Amidst rising threats from North Korean ballistic missiles, Japan’s Defense Agency has begun deliberations on the development of a new missile interception system. Research...
Dewi Sukarno, the former first lady of Indonesia, pushed Japan for more support for the Rohingya minority refugee crisis at a press conference in Tokyo...
A wholesale reshuffle of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet, announced on September 11, produced a lineup made up of staunch Abe allies and...
The recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bhutan August 16-17 has underscored a new...
When Japanese names are rendered with Latin letters — that is, “romanized” — the given name comes first and the family name comes last. That...
On July 20, Foreign Minister KONO Taro posted on his private blog an article on “Japan-South Korea Relations,” where he offers his thoughts on the...
The time has come for the Japanese government and Diet to act in defense of the freedom and human rights of the people of Hong...
There was amazement in London when Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson was summoned to Number Ten Downing Street and asked to resign by Prime Minister Theresa...
In February 2018, just before his summit meeting with President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid a wreath at the Tomb of the...
A strong sense of revulsion is building within the Japanese government in reaction to a decision by South Korea’s top court on October...
The Sankei Shimbun Now is the time for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to restructure Japan’s diplomatic stand toward Russia so that the...